Angelina Jolie: I would love to live a long life
"My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under five percent," actress and director Angelina Jolie wrote Tuesday in an op-ed article in The New York Times. "I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
Continue Reading »Modern-day Robin Hood inspired by 60 Minutes report
In 1981, a wealthy New York businessman named Gene Lang, pictured below, told a class of sixth graders in Harlem that he'd help pay for their college education if they made it through high school.
Continue Reading »"Pay czar" Ken Feinberg turns to Boston
Is there another man in history who has been asked, in a sense, to "play God" the way that Kenneth Feinberg has? Feinberg, an arbitration lawyer who distributed the federal government's September 11th Victims' Compensation Fund, has added The One Fund for victims of the Boston bombings to the list of victim payouts he has managed.
Continue Reading »No parole for Pussy Riot band member
Who is Sue Mengers? Watch this 1975 interview
Who is Sue Mengers? She's only the most hilarious Hollywood super agent you've never heard of.
How to honor victims? Ask Maya Lin
As America decides how best to memorialize those killed on 9/11, we decided to look to the past for guidance by revisiting the artistry of Maya Lin.
Continue Reading »Interviews with Kony's child soldiers
This week's 60 Minutes story about the hunt for Joseph Kony is not the first time this broadcast has traveled to Africa to learn about the twisted leader of the Lord's Resistance Army.
Continue Reading »1986: Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams improvise
Comedians Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams put on an impromptu show for Ed Bradley and the 60 Minutes crew in 1986. Winters, who Bradley described as "the acknowledged master of improvisation," died April 12, 2013, at the age of 87.
Talking tough: Margaret Thatcher on 60 Minutes
How tough was Margaret Thatcher? Have a look at this 60 Minutes interview from 1985, in which the "Iron Lady of Britain" lives up to her nickname. At the time, Prime Minister Thatcher was under fire from critics and flailing in public polls-- yet she was positively unflappable in this interview, expressing confidence in her conservative politics and the need for "a firm hand" in her leadership of Britain.
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